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Standards don't conform to itself (quoting)!


From: Askar Safin
Subject: Standards don't conform to itself (quoting)!
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:26:38 +0300

Hi. The standards recommend using 'such' and "such" over `such' quotes in ASCII 
text.
And I absolutely agree with them, `such' quotes are really ugly.
Unfortunately, the standards violate itself and use `such wrong quotes' in some 
places.
So, I propose this patch. The patch is to make-stds.texi file, so GNU Make 
should be updated as well.

==
Askar Safin
http://vk.com/safinaskar
Kazan, Russia

--- aaa/make-stds.texi  2013-09-14 02:21:41.000000000 +0400
+++ bbb/make-stds.texi  2014-12-27 00:13:53.572523286 +0300
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 datarootdir = $(prefix)/share
 datadir = $(datarootdir)
 exec_prefix = $(prefix)
-# Where to put the executable for the command `gcc'.
+# Where to put the executable for the command 'gcc'.
 bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin
 # Where to put the directories used by the compiler.
 libexecdir = $(exec_prefix)/libexec
@@ -781,9 +781,9 @@
         $(INSTALL_DATA) $$d/foo.info \
           "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/foo.info"
 # Run install-info only if it exists.
-# Use `if' instead of just prepending `-' to the
+# Use 'if' instead of just prepending '-' to the
 # line so we notice real errors from install-info.
-# Use `$(SHELL) -c' because some shells do not
+# Use '$(SHELL) -c' because some shells do not
 # fail gracefully when there is an unknown command.
         $(POST_INSTALL)
         if $(SHELL) -c 'install-info --version' \

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